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CTMQ > Watertown

Jericho Falls

April 5, 2023 by Steve Leave a Comment

Gold, Jericho! Gold! Jericho Falls, Watertown May 2009 Here I am, thirteen years after I visited these falls, writing a few paragraphs about this little thing along the Jericho Trail in the Mattatuck State Forest. Why? Because the other day I was skimming a Connecticut hiking group page and saw some guy … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Biology & Geology, Everything Else, New Post Tagged With: Waterfalls, Watertown

Mattatuck State Forest

January 21, 2022 by Steve Leave a Comment

Mattatuck State Forest Harwinton, Litchfield, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown What started as an over-timbered little 723 acres gifted to the state in 1926 has grown to 4,510 acres in 20 parcels across six towns. Most of what people are familiar with is in Thomaston, Waterbury, and Watertown though. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: mattatuck state forest, Plymouth, Thomaston, Waterbury, Watertown

Hawk Ridge Winery

December 2, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

A Feather in Watertown's Cap Hawk Ridge Winery, Watertown November 2021 I have only been to Hawk Ridge Winery once and I'll admit that Hoang and I didn't stay too long. Perhaps we'll revisit someday. In fact, I'll make the bold statement that we will, indeed, return someday. On a day that's not 40 degrees with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Food & Drink, New Post, Wineries Tagged With: Hoang, Watertown

Watertown History Museum

July 5, 2021 by Steve Leave a Comment

Watered Down Watertown (Google Maps location) June 12, 2021 At some point during my decades-long journey of chronicling visits to every museum in Connecticut I decided to be nicer to the tiny little town history museums. They are volunteer-staffed and donation dependent. They are labors of love and are often in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Museums, New Post Tagged With: Free Museums, Tiny Museums, Town History, Watertown

CTMQ’s Guide to Watertown

October 26, 2020 by Steve 1 Comment

Everything Watertown I’ve been exploring and writing about Connecticut since 2006. After a decade, I began compiling CTMQ guides for each town in the state. I plan on “completing” Watertown CTMQ-style... as well as the other 168 towns, cities, and boroughs in Connecticut. That is the ultimate goal of CTMQ. If … [Read more...]

Filed Under: CTMQ Town Guides, New Post Tagged With: Watertown

Black Rock State Park Intro

October 26, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Black Rock State Park Watertown Black Rock's land bleeds north into Thomaston, but there's nothing in Thomaston insofar as CTMQ goes. The "black rock" in "Black Rock" is a name that dates back hundreds of years. Local native Americans gave rights to settlers to mine graphite lead; its dark color contrasting with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Watertown

Watertown Land Trust Trails

October 23, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Watertown Land Trust Trails Bethlehem & Watertown Here we are again... on another land trust intro page with a listing of four trailed properties that may or may not be complete. I've become pretty adept at figuring out these lists when they are not provided by a land trust. (And I get it - keeping up the website … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Land Trust Hikes Tagged With: Bethlehem, Watertown

Watertown’s Town Trails

October 23, 2020 by Steve Leave a Comment

Watertown's Town Trails Watertown doesn't have that many water features. Sure, it's bounded on the east by the Naugatuck River but... it's not really a town feature. It used to be part of Waterbury back in the day, but then split off and became its own thing in 1780. Waterbury isn't too watery either now that I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, Town Land Hikes Tagged With: Watertown

CTMQ&A: Ed Silva of Lasting Brass Brewing

February 1, 2017 by Steve Leave a Comment

CTMQ&A No. 1 Ed Silva, Owner and Brewer at Lasting Brass Brewing Company January 2017 I hope you enjoy a new (2017) series of interviews with some of the people who make Connecticut what it is. Lasting Brass Brewing Company opened in the Old Pin Shop in the Oakville section of Watertown on December 3, 2016. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Books, Movies, People, & Stories, Breweries, Everything Else Tagged With: ctmq&a, Lasting Brass Brewing, Watertown

TSTL’16.6: Black Rock State Park

May 16, 2016 by Steve Leave a Comment

The Sky's the Limit 2016 Hiking Challenge #6 Black Rock State Park, Watertown May 15, 2016 As I drove into Black Rock State Park for 2016’s sixth DEEP Sky’s the Limit Challenge hike with my boys, it occurred to me that I’d never been to Black Rock before. I suppose that’s no big deal to most of you, but it sort … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Hikes, Bikes & Paddles, New Post, State Parks, Reserves, Preserves, Forests, NAPs, WMAs, & Campsites Tagged With: Black rock state Park, Calvin, Damian, Hikes with my Boys, Sky's the Limit Challenge, Watertown

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